P A G FRANK CHACKSFIELD E Sussex, England 5/9/1914. – England, 6/9/1995 Pianist, arranger, and conductor. Part of the group of English directors such5 as Mantovani and Black, who using technical advances in the sound of the English record industry, especially from their London label FFRR (Full frequency range recording), captured the mood music market in the decade of the '50s. Oxford, work cited, page 107. Penguin, work-cited p. 220.
Lp London PS-145 “Love letters in the sand – Frank Chacksfield and his orchestra” ca. 1955, Inglaterra.
Andalucía EL
Lp London LL-3304 “Magic strings – Frank Chacksfield and his orchestra” Inglaterra, 195_.
Andalucía EL
CHAMPS
Challengue-CHL-613/CHS613 “Great Dance Hits” 1962. Great Dance Hits” 1962. Reissued as London Records Lp HAH- 2451.
That’s all I want from you / ch
CHANTERS
Queens Group, New York. Larry Pendegrass, Elliot Green, Fred Paige, Bud Johnson, and Bobby Thompson. They were not successful.
45 rpm Mambo JBJ-1059 “She wants to mambo”, UK, 1954.
CHAQUITO AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Columbia Lp Cl-1293 “Hot Cha Cha Cha”, 1959.
Me Voy Pa'l Pueblo / ch MG
Whistling chacha / ch
“Cha” for three / ch
Midnight chachacha / ch
Zigzag mambo / mb
Speak up mambi / mb
Fontana SRF 67607 “El bandido”, 1969. Guantanamera / r JF
P A
CHARLOTEERS G E 45 rpm Josie JOZ 45-787 “Don’t play no mambo”, B. Stanford. 1955 5
CHARMS
45 rpm DeLuxe 45-6072 “Mambo Sh. Mambo”. O'Hara-Cody-Newman, US, 1954.
CHAVEZ AND HIS TROPICAL CUBAN WONDERS
Eduardo Chavez and his Beachcombers Tropical Orchestra. Cuban wonders in the distance.
V-27251 A lo lejos conga / r
V-27251 El jarrito conga / r
CHECKER BOX BOYS (eu)
Ca. 1931 Broadway 1428 “The peanut vendor” MS Paul Durant
CHUBBY CHECKER (eu)
South Carolina, 10/3/1941. Rock and roll singer and dancer. He popularized the twist.
45 rpm Parway 835, “La Paloma”, US 1962
Lp Parway P/SP-7027 “Lets limbo some more”, 1963.
Peanut Vendor MS
BOB CHESTER (eu)
Detroit, Michigan, 03/20/1908 – Detroit, Michigan, 06/14/1977. Tenor saxophonist and conductor.
7/11/1940 BB-10800 EU Rhumboogie Al Stuart HMV-EA-2631
P A EL NEGRITO CHEVALIER (o Willy Chevalier) G E Cuba, 1917- , Comic singer who made parodies of known numbers, and already named in Cuba in the mid-1940s, embarked to New York to perform in the Latin theaters of that city. He married the Puerto Rican singer and dancer Rosita Duchesne5 in 1945. They later performed in Puerto Rico, Mexico and Havana. The marriage dissolved in 1948. Chevalier later settled in New York where he continued working until his death in August 1983. Dr. Pablo Dueñas tells us that El Negrito Chevalier, who recorded for the Victor Mexicana, was from Veracruz, named Mario Tercero. So the recordings made in Mexico must belong to it.
ChD – Orq. Chamaco Domínguez
MBS091045 12/10/48 V 23-1164 Me Hey! Ba-Ba-Ri-Ba / boogie Hampton, & ChD
V 23-1387 Me De buen humor / ft A. Razaf, G ChD (In the mood)
MV-1180 Mambo italiano B. Merrill
CHIPMUNKS
Lp London HA-U-2205/SAHU6054 “Let’s all sing with the Chipmunks”, 1959
Old McDonald Chachacha / ch
CHIQUITO (Socarrás) ver: Socarrás, Chiquito
ALFREDO CIBELLI
Napoli, Campania, Italy, 2/6/1885 – New York, 4/23/1955. Possibly North American of Italian origin. Cibelli appears in numerous recordings of the Victor of the 30s as a director, and others as percussionist or sound effects and even singer, of groups formed specifically to record, what is known as studio musicians. On 1/18/1928, he recorded with his sister accompanying himself with guitars.
BE-40510 ca.1928 Victor La Paloma SY
CLEBANOFF Y SU ORQUESTA
LP Mercury MA 20869/ SR69 “Exciting Sounds”. ”. Reissued as : LP Mercury PPS 52012/6012 ; Mercury PPS 2019
Yours GR (Quiereme mucho)
Cha Cha Cha Flamenco / ch
P A BILL CLIFTON G
Ridewood, Maryland 4/05/1931. E 5 Lp Starday SLP-213 “Soldier, sing me a song”, 1963.
The Sinking of the Maine
CHICAGO CLIMAX BLUES BAMET
British Blues Rock band from Stafford founded in 1967 on vocalist and harmonica Colin Cooper (1939-2008), vocalist and guitarist Pete Haycock (1951-2013). Guitarist Derek Holt (1949). Bassist and Key Burds Richard Jone (1949) Drummer George newsome and neobandist Anthur Wood (1929/2005)
LP Parlophone PCS 7084 “Plays On”. UK, 1969. Reissued in Japan under the Odeon label. (OP-800010, YEX-744
Cubano Chant Bryant
ORQUESTA LARRY CLINTON (eu)
Brooklyn, New York, 8/17/1909 – Tucson, Arizona, 5/2/1985. Trumpeter, arranger and director. After working for orchestras such as Isham Jones, Casa Loma and Tommy Dorsey, he had his own orchestra from 1937 onwards, where he devoted himself to soft music supported by the voice of his magnificent singer, Bea Wain. In less than four years he made 214 recordings for the Victor, including this one. Penguin, cited work, p. 251; Oxford, cited work, p. 120.
19656 2/11/38 V-25789 NY Martha BW/MS
Lp Time (6 discos) STL-10 “Soft light and sweet music– The best of dance bands”
Martha MS
Lp Kapp 1124 “Dance along with Larry Clinton and his orchestra” 195_.
Patricia DPP
ROSEMARY CLOONEY (eu)
Maysville, Kentucky, 5/23/1928 – Beverly Hills, California, 6/29/2002. Very young she began as a singer joining the Tony Pastor orchestra. Soon she became independent as a singer making an important career, and occupying important places in the Hit Parade with her recordings. She was married to the Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer. She made a record with Pérez Prado. Penguin, cited work, p. 251; Oxford, cited work, p. 120.
45 rpm Co 4-40361 “Mambo italiano” Bob Merrill, US, 1954.
P A
G CLAUDE CLOUD AND HIS THUNDERCLAPS E
MX 545470 1954 MGM 11847 Beginners’ mambo 5
CLOVERDALE COUNTRY CLUB ORQUESTA
Cloverdale is a city of 100,000 inhabitants in Canada. By 1931, they learned about "Cuban Love Songs".
10/30/31 Okeh. 41531 EU Cuban Love Song
LUCAS CLYDE (eu)
1937 Variety 667 Chinese Rhumba
1941 Col 5935 Chinese Rhumba Lynn Lucas
ARNETT COBB (eu) AND HIS ORQUESTA
Houston, Texas 8/10/1918 – Houston, Texas, 3/24/1989. Tenor sax with a long career in major bands including his own orchestra.
Atlantic1056 NY Flying Home / mb
BUDDY COLE (eu)
Irving, Illinois, 12/15/1916 - North Hollywood, California, 11/5/1964. Pianist and organist. He was successful both in orchestras and as a soloist and accompanying pianist. Kinkle, work-cited p. 727.
1949 CAP 1104 The peanut vendor MS
LP Col CL-874 “Organ Moods in Hi-Fi”, 1956.
The breeze and I / r EL
LP Warner Brother - W/WS 1373 “Swing Fever”, 1960.
The peanut vendor / r MS
LP Col CL-1003 “Pipes, Pedals and High Fidelity”, 1957.
The peanut vendor / r MS
COZY COLE
East Orange, New Jersey 10/17/1909 – Columbus, Ohio, 1/9/1981. Orchestra conductor and drummer.
P A
G 45’ rpm. King 5303 “Cozy’s Mambo”, 1959 E
45’ rpm. King 5390 “Ha Ha Cha Cha”, 1960 5
Lp King 673 “The drummer man with the big beat”, Noviembre 1959
International Chacha / ch
NAT KING COLE ( eu)
Montgomery, Alabama, 3/17/1917 - Santa Monica, California, 2/15/1965. Jazz pianist and singer who became one of the best ballasts in the United States from the 1940s, comparable only to Frank Sinatra. In the 1950s, he performed more than once at the Tropicana, and recorded an Lp, reviewed under the Romeu orchestra. Oxford, cited work, p. 124. Penguin, work-cited p. 250. See Leonardo Depestre Cien famosos en la Habana. Ed. Social Sciences, Havana, 1999.
Cap 10103 Rhumba azul AO
Cap 15240 Rex rhumba
Lp Capitol SW-1220 “A mis amigos – Nat King Cole” Grabado en Brasil. 1959.
Aquellos ojos verdes / b NM
LP Capitol 1749 “More Cole español”
Tres palabras / b OF
EMIL COLEMAN (eu) AND HIS WALDORF ASTORIA ORCH.
Russia 6/19/1892-New York 1/26/1965. Band from the 1930s and 1940s of the so-called "society orchestras", that is, specialized in playing soft music for American high society. Generally, like this one, they had good musicians and were well paid. The fans of the bravest music, they call them "Mickey mouse bands". See: George T. Simon, "The big bands," 4th Ed. Schirmer books, New York 1981, p.504.
ca.11/19 Pa33028 NY Cuban melodies
194_ Deluxe NY The peanut vendor / r MS 1025
194_ Deluxe NY Mama Ines / r EG 1026
194_ Deluxe NY Green eyes / r NM 1027
194_ Deluxe NY Siboney / r EL 1030
194_ Deluxe NY Miami Beach rhumba W.Winchell 1073
P A G 1951 V-20-4337 NY La ola marina VG E 1951 V-204337 NY Miami Beach rhumba W.Winchell 5
1951 V 23-4330 NY La television / r JCM
1951 V-23-4330 NY Pirulí / r AVp
1951 V-20-4502 NY El caramelero / prg E.Bryon
ADOLFO COLOMBO
Canary Islands, 1898 - Cuba, 1925. See: Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal. 1994. See: Cuba Canta y Baila : Discografía de La Música Cubana. Fundación Musicalia.
RL- Regino López AVi- Alberto Villalón
1908 Edison Vamos a Cuba Jorge Anckermann Cylinder 18899
B-12468 10/3/1912 V-63861 El Maine / r RL,AVi
B-12487 10/4/1912 V-63992 Regino ante Taft y Roosevet / r
G-1669 10/27/1916 V-73035 El baseball / r Rodriguez
AUGIE COLON
Honolulu, Hawaii 8/22/1927 – Honolulu, Hawaii, 6/4/2004. Known for his work as a percussionist in tropical music.
Lp Liberty LRP/CST 3101“Sophisticated Savage” 1959
Tierra Va Tembla MM
Tabu ML
The Peanut Vendor MS
Lp Liberty LRP3148“Chant of the Jungle” 1960. Reissued in LST7148
Jungle Drums EL (Carabali)
Manigua AC
Chant of the jungle NH/AF
Mambo Balau AC
P A
COLOSSEUM G E LP Dunhill Records – DS 50079 “The Grass Is Greener”. “The Grass Is Greener”. United States, 1970 5 Bolero / r
PERRY COMO (eu)
Pennsylvania, 5/18/1912 – Florida, 5/12/2001. Famous singer with numerous recordings.
V 5857 Papa loves mambo / mb
V 20-3905 Patricia DPP
CONCERT BAND
O-101 4350 US Famous 22nd Regiment march
DICK CONTINO (eu)
Fresno, California 1/17/1930 – Fresno, California, 4/19/2017. Accordionist and singer.
1954 Pee 4593 Me Quiéreme mucho GR Mer
Mercury MG-20141 “Dick Contino – Something for the girls”
You are always in my heart EL (Siempre en mi corazón)
ORLANDO CONTRERAS (cu)
Havana, 5/22/1930 - Medellin, 2/9/1994. He began his musical life as part of the Arty Valdés trio. Between 1952 and 56 he worked at the same time as a singer in various orchestras: in the Roberto Espí Casino Ensemble, in the pianist Neno González's Super Giant Orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to stand out (1948) as a soloist in the professional field. With this group, he recorded an Lp that was very successful.
In 1961 the businessman Antonio Machado, owner of the Maype label, hired him as a soloist and recorded his first single album. The following year he recorded the LP "Este es Orlando Contreras". He alternated for some time with Benny Moré, Fernando Alvarez and Orlando Vallejo the nights of the Ali Bar nightclub in Havana, until one night in September 1965, with several friends they left Cuba in a boat bound for Miami. Between 1966 to '70 he was singing on a Portuguese ocean liner, traveling much of the world.
He had toured all the Latin American countries and the Hispanic squares of the United States and Spain. In the 90's he lived almost all the time in Colombia, where he was very loved and admired. See: Jaime Rico Salazar, cited work, p.298.Rafael Lam, “Polvo de estrellas”, Ed. Adagio, Havana, 2008, p.189. Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. SGAE, 1998. T-3.p.927.
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Lp Teca LIS 603 “Orlando Contreras y orquesta con violines – Esta es tu canción”, 1972 G E Esta tu canción / bal (Love story) 5
Mi Cuba te extraño B. Rusell (Honey)
COOKIES
1954 Lamp 8008 US All night mambo / mb
SPADE COOLEY & HIS FIDDLIN’ FRIENDS (eu)
45 rpm Decca 9-46310 “Rhumba boogie”, Canada, 1951.
COPACABANA TRIO
Lp ABC- Paramount (ABCS) 546 “Cuando calienta el sol”, 1966
Cuando calienta el sol / r C.Rigual
TOMAS CORMAN
See: Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal. 1994. Cuba sings and dances discography of Cuban music. San Juan, P.R .: Musicalia Foundation.
ca 1918 Co C-1214 Very Well
CARLOS CORTEZ & HIS RHYTHYM KINGS (eu)
45 rpm. Fortune 515. “Mambo Costa Rica”, 1955
ANTONIO CORTIS
Denia, Alicante 8/12/1891 - Valencia 4/2/1952. Spanish tenor. From 1924 to 1932, the “Chicago Civic Opera” hired him. He sang at the National Theater of Havana, San Francisco Opera Theater, La Scala in Milan, Covent Garden, London, etc.
1925 Gramophone Canción y Guajiras J. Serrano Da 762
1925 Victor Mirame Asi ESF
* Williams, John (1999); Liner notes to Pearl CD, Antonio Cortis. Pavilion Records Ltd, GEM 0047. See Wikipedia
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COSMOPOLITAN ORQUESTA G E Lp MGM Exp-X-1436 “For dancers only: chachacha’s”, 1957 5
JESSE CRAWFORD (eu)
Woodland, California, 12/2/1985 – Los Angeles, California, 5/28/1962. Organists who cultivate pop have always had a place in the American musical environment, such as this one that came to be called “The Organ Poet" and "The Wizard of the Wurlitzer". He recorded more than 20 lp’s. And like many other American interpreters, he had Lecuona in his repertoire. Penguin, cited work, p. 295. Oxford, cited work, p. 129.
V 20586 La Paloma / hab SY V 22748 María la O EL V 75810 María la O EL V 22748 Canto Siboney EL V75810 Canto Siboney EL V 22875 Cuban Love song Herbert Stothart 11/30/54 De DL- Siboney EL 7-4377
CRAZY JOSE
Lp United Artist UAL-3046/UAS-6046 “Crazy Jose chachacha”, 1959.
Tea for two chachacha
AMERICA CRESPO
Artemis, Cuba, 10/22/1922 - Miami, FL, 05/31/1995. As a very young girl, her family moved to Havana. Like many other Cuban singers, she started on the radio program La Corte Suprema del Arte on the CMQ radio station in 1940. As early as 1943, she was part of the RHC radio station as a lyrical soprano. He was also a member of Maestro Lecuona's favorite soprano group, but he also extended his repertoire to international lyrics. He sang in almost all Latin American countries, and in the United States at Carnegie Hall and other theaters. He also made television and cabarets in Cuba. Since the 1960s he lived in the United States .Jaime Rico Salazar: A ”América Crespo” Magazine Nostalgias Musicales No.1, Mz / 2006. Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. SGAE, 1998 T-4, p.161.
Lp 3074 “Amor en primavera con la Orquesta de Adolfo Guzmán” Editado ca.1960.
Ramona / v M. Wayne
Tenderly W. Cross
BING CROSBY
Spokane, Washington, 5/3/1903 - Madrid, Spain, 10/14/1977. One of the most popular singers in the United States of all time, he cultivated quite the Latin repertoire, especially the Cuban one. His pronunciation when he tried to do it in Spanish was atrocious, but still appreciated. Oxford, cited work, p. 138. Penguin, cited work, p. 300.
P VY – Orq. Víctor YoungA XC – Orq. Xavier Cougat BDL – Banda Da GLuá JST – Orq. John Scott Trotter RC – Rosemary ClooneyE TE-Trudy Erwin5
DLA-2517 7/8/41 De 3965 LA You’re the moment of a lifetime SK
De 23915 (Flores Negras) cantado en español Lp DL 5011 Lp DL 8846 DLA-2518 7/8/41 De 3965 LA Let me love you tonight RT VY De 23915 (No te importe saber) cantado De5031 Lp DL 5011 En español Lp DL 8846 L-3737 7/8/41 De 23547 LA Hasta mañana (Toda una vida) OF XC Lp DL 5011 Lp DL 8846 L-6041 2/5/51 De 27536 LA DL Quizás, quizás, quizás OF BDL 8687 DL 8846
L-3735 2/11/45 De 23547 Siboney / b EL XC BR Lp 8259 (10”) HQCD 83
L-3738 2/11/45 De 23413 You belong to my heart AL XC
L-3736 De 23413 Baia A. Barroso XC
De23646 Cuba JST
Co14311 No te importe saber RT JST
5042 DL 27536 I’ll see you in Cuba US
Lp London 88801 “Bingo Viejo” Recorded in 1977. The Cuban songs from that album:
Green eyes NM
Cuando calienta el sol / bal
H. Ri The breeze and I / dza
EL
Lp MGM “El seÑor Bing”, re-recorded by Venevox in Venezuela. Arrangements and direction by Billy May. .
Marta /c MS
Malagueña / c EL
Andalucía / c EL
P A G Lp Victor LSP-1854 “Fancy meeting you here” Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney with the Billy Orchestra May 1958. E Para Vigo me voy / cg EL 5
Lp The Longines Symphonette s/n (6) “The songs I love”
Yours (Quiéreme mucho) GR
Andalucía EL
The peanut vendor MS
Para Vigo me voy EL
BOB CROSBY Spokane, Washington, 8/23/1913 - San Diego, California. 3/9/1993. Bing's brother, singer and group director in the Dixieland style, called his group Bob Cats and was very successful. Kinkle, work cited, p. 762.
9-4-1941 De 4027 LA From one love to another EL
Danza Lucumi EL
9-4-1941 De 4028 LA Something New (Negra Soy) NM
9-12-1941 De 4049 LA A weekend in Havana M. Gordon
De 1600 Martha MS
GARY CROSBY AND THE CHEERLEADERS
con orquesta de Sonny Burke
L-7818 1946 De 29272 EU Mambo in the moonlight / mb RT, etc.
De 29378 EU Loop de Loop Mambo/ mb
CELIA CRUZ
Havana, Cuba, 10/21/1925 - Fort Lee, NJ 07/16/2003. Singer. From a very humble family, she combined her studies as a teacher with her love of singing. She debuted on an amateur show at age 14. At the beginning of her career, she sang tangos, later moving to the Afro-Cuban genre and definitely to the entire spectrum of Cuban dance music, from bolero to son, passing through the guaracha and the conga. In the 1940s, he had his first opportunity on a major station, Radio Cadena Suaritos, he traveled to Mexico and Venezuela and in 1949, and he began to sing with the Sonora Matancera and from the first recordings established himself in popular favor. With La Sonora, he left Cuba in 1960 and remained with them until '65. He later recorded with the Mexican orchestra of Memo Salamanca, and with the Newyorquina by Tito Puente. But in the mid-1970s, Celia finds her stellar destiny and salsa her queen; she had made records and performed with the most important figures of Salsa: Willy Colón, Ray Barreto, Johnny Pacheco, Sonora Ponceña, etc. In addition to 5 or 6 films in which he appeared before 1960 in Mexico, she has appeared on numerous occasions in documentary films and video clips about salsa, and lately in the movie "The Mambo Kings play love songs". She has performed throughout Latin America and Europe. She is the highest grossing figure in salsa, with more than 50 Lp’s recorded. Celia is truly legendary. We can divide her artistic career into two stages: until the mid-1970s, when she is known as "La guarachera de Cuba", and with notable success, she is the embodiment of certain genres of Cuban music. But from then on, at an age when most artists are about to retire, around the age of 50, she
P A becomes the undisputed queen of the salsa movement, joining new arrangements, more orchestral groups without G any difficulty. She forces new habitats (such as open-air concerts with thousands of people), to share with different singers Eand orchestras continuously, and to travel rapidly around the world, to sing and dance on stage, as if she were 20 years old. She achieves this based on an extraordinary combination of natural faculties: a very powerful mezzo voice that has not diminished5 over the years, a unique musical and rhythmic sense, an iron discipline in her private life (she has never drunk or smoked) the character of a girl in her optimistic attitude towards life, and the professional pride of a classical music concert artist. U. Valverde: “Reina Rumba”, Bogotá, Ed. La Oveja Negra, 1981. Penguin, cited work p.304. Cristóbal Díaz - Collaboration to “Dictionary of Spanish and Latin American Music”, Fund. Author, Madrid 2000. Eduardo Marceles Daconte: "Azúcar.La Biografía de Celia Cruz". Reed Press, N.Y. Ana Cristina Reymundo: "Celia.Mi vida" .Harper Collins Publishers.NY, 2004. Dr. Héctor Ramírez Bedoya: "Celia Cruz, Alberto Beltrán and Celio González- Estrellas de la Sonora Matancera" Medellín, Col. 2007. This is the best biography of Celia ever written, to date (2010). Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana.SGAE, 1998. T-4, p.208.
TP– Orq. Tito Puente
Lp Tico 1193 “Quimbo-quimbumbia – Celia Cruz-Tito Puente” Production, arrangements and direction by Tito Puente. 1969.
Aquarius / Let the sun shine G. MacDermont & TP
Lp Tico 1316 “Lo mejor de Celia Cruz” Nueva York, 1974. Reissued as a CD in 1992. Arrangements by Tito Puente and Memo Salamanca. They are recordings that have already appeared in other LPs.
Aquarius / Let the sun shine in G.MacDermont, & TP
CD Cubanacán 1710 “Las muchas Celias” Ed. en 1998. Contiene grabaciones hechas por Celia en Venezuela y Cuba entre 1943 a 1950 con diversas orquestas, y en Puerto Rico en 1971 con acompañamiento de organo*.
Whispering / swing-s V. Rose, & RCS
CUBA GOODING
Harlem, New York, 04 /27/1944 – Los Angeles, California, 04/20/2017. Blues singer.
Lp Motown M7-897R1 “The first Cuba Gooding Album”, 21/2/78
CUBAN FESTIVAL
Lp Washington WLP-728 “Cuban Festival” (Traditional music of Cuba), 1962. Native Artists. Reissue of Judson J- 3011
Tumbando Caña / r
El Barracón / r
Consuélate Como Yo
Donde Estabas Anoche
Ultima Rumba
La Chambelona
Tumba la Caña
Siento un Bombo
P A Desengaño de los Roncos Ipiñeiro G Malanga E
Ava María Morena 5
Mírala Que Linda Viene
CUBAN DANCE KINGS
6/1/1926 Challenge 129 Valencia / r
5/29/1926 Challenge 129 I’m lonely without you / r
5/29/26 Challenge 137 I may be dancing with somebody else / r
10/28/1926 Challenge 211 There’s a little white house / r
10/28/1926 Challenge 213 My baby chiquiows how / r
12/15/1926 Challenge 220 Shanghai / r TP
12/15/1926 Challenge 220 Mytho of the Volga / r
CUBAN MARIMBA ORCHESTRA (eu)
2973 3/19/28 Cameo 8190 My Sweet Hawaian dream girl J.Green
CUBAN ORCHESTRA
Vease: PATSY GARRETT WITH CUBAN ORCHESTRA
CUBAN RUMBA ORCHESTRA
3/19/31 Clarion 5280 Mama Inez /r-ft EG
3/19/31 Clarion 5318 Siboney EL
3/19/31 Clarion 5323 African Lament EL
3/19/31 Velvet tune 2389 African Lament EL
P A
G TRÍO CUBAN BOY E OC – Orq. Columbia 5 95649 ca.1927 Co 2604x EU En un pueblito español M. Wayne OC
AFRO CUBANA (BEBO VALDES) ANDRE ALL STARS
Lp Norgan MGV 1067 “Blues for Andre, Various Artists” 1956 (Jack Costanzo & His Orchestra)
Mambo Costanzo JC
Yukon Mambo JC
Con poco coco B.V ALS
Desconfianza ALS
Taboo ML ALS
Duerme ALS
ORQUESTA CUBANA COLUMBIA
Yakahula was a popular Hawaiian music, surely brought to Cuba by the Americans. Possibly Felipe Valdés has something to do with this orchestra. Some of the songs are from him and at the same time, he recorded with his own band for Columbia.
ca.1917 Col 1199 El heroe de Caicaje dz A. Varona
ca.1917 Col 1199 Las minas de Rigoberto F. Valdes
ca. 1917 Col 1200 Timidez F. Valdes
ca. 1917 Col 1199 Yakahula T. Corman
ca. 1917 Col 3148 Contestacion a Yakahula FU
ORQUESTA JULIO CUEVA
Trinidad, Cuba, 4/12/1897 - Havana, Cuba, 12/25/1975. Trumpeter, composer, and conductor. He played the cornet in his hometown since he was 10 years old and in 1916, he was the solo cornet of the Municipal Band of Santa Clara. He later joined the orchestra of the Arquímides Pous theater company with which Cuba ran, and in 1923 founded the Municipal Band of Trinidad. In 1929, he settled in Havana and worked in the Hnos. Palau orchestras, that of Moisés Simons and that of Azpiazu, with whom he went on tour ending in Paris, since there he stayed first in the Oscar Calle orchestra and later with his own, and in a cabaret that by coincidence was called the Cave. He made recordings in 1932 and 1934. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Cueva joined the Republicans, leading the Fourth Division Band. At last, he manages to return to Cuba in 1939, where he begins in Ranchuelo and later resumes his old position in the Palau brothers, but by 1944 he has his own orchestra with three magnificent singers, El Jabao, Puntillita, but excelling above all Cascarita. As a composer, he had a special meaning for guaracha and son montuno, in things like El Coup Bibijagua and El Marañón, or describing the construction of an instrument in a song, as in Tingo Talango. He also cultivated at the stroke of son montuno, the song protests in numbers like Sabanimar (against the evictions of peasants) or Desintegrando (against the atomic bomb). As a trumpeter, he had a style of short, continuous notes, in stacatto, very much in the style of the players in the comparsas.
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He had good musicians in his orchestra, especially the pianist and arranger René Hernández. Bebo Valdés also arrangedG for the orchestra. In some of the numbers, like Ñenguere ñengue, Yo sé hacer dos cosas and especially Rareza del siglo, there are already elements of what would later be called mambo. In this latest issue, Cascarita in the inspirations says: "The youtE h of feeling asked for it" ... In other words, a historical mention of the existence, already in 1946, of a movement identified as the youth of feeling. See: Dulcila Cañizares: “Julio Cueva: El rescate de su música” Edit. Cuban Letters. Havana, 1991. See:5 Radamés Giro, under Julio Cueva Díaz, in Diccionario Enciclopédico de la Música en Cuba, Ed. Letras Cubanas, 2007.Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. SGAE, 1998.T-4, p.296.
Julio Cueva et son orchestra du Casino Nacional de la Habana
LL-4999 7/19/34 CO1575DF P Carioca / r V. Youmans
XAVIER CUGAT
Gerona, Spain, 1/1/1900 - Barcelona, Spain, 10/27/1990. Violinist and conductor. At the age of four his family moved to Cuba and there he spent his childhood, where he learned violin. In the late 1920s, he moved to the United States, where he first made a living as a cartoonist, but began making music in Hollywood. In the 1930s, he consolidated his position as director, who used showy clothes for his musicians, even more colorful arrangements, and mixed Latin American rhythms in musical bars. But the formula works, and in the 1940s it will be the orchestra that appears in the most American films, one of the most sought-after and a kind of school for Latin American musicians and singers who go through it. For his childhood in Cuba, for his predilection for Cuban rhythms, his influence (good or bad) on our music, and because otherwise it is possible that his orchestra would remain in limbo without appearing in a Spanish or North American discography, here is what we have included. See: Cristóbal Díaz "Cuando salí de la Habana: 1898-1997 – Cien años de música cubana por el mundo" Edit. Musicalia Foundation. San Juan 3rd Ed., 1999 p.119. Xavier Cugat: I, Cugat - Dasa. Barcelona Editions 1981. For a more complete detail of Cugat's recordings until 1942, see: Brian Rust: “The American Dance Band Discography, 1917-1942” Arlington House, NY-1975. Xavier Cugat: The rumba is my life. New York, 1948. Penguin, work cited p.306. Oxford, cited work, p. 141. Luis Gasca "Cugat", Ed. El Iman, Madrid 1995. Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. SGAE, 1998. T-4 p.301.
84989 11/14/34 V 24813 NY Love, what are you doing EL YN V 25407 to my heart / tg
84991 11/14/34 V 24813 NY Isle of Capri / tg Kennedy LA HMV GV41 HQ CD-55
84993 11/14/34 V 24840 NY Taboo / s ML PB HQ CD-55 HMV GV41
V25407 NY Say si si EL
V-25407 NY Love, what are you doing EL o my heart?
89508 4/1/35 V 25012 NY The lady in red / r Dixon DR V 27442 HMV GV42 VLPT-8-10” LP CAM-516 HQ CD-14 HQCD179
89509 4/1/35 V 25008 NY Then it isn’t love / r H.Kennedy DR
89511 4/1/35 V 25008 NY Tina / tg H.Kennedy DR Vi 27601 VLPT-11-10”
P A G 94183 9/5/35 V 26407 NY The Missouri Waltz F. Knight, & DR E 94184 9/5/35 V 26407 NY Let me call you sweetheart L. Friedman, & DR 5
94185 9/5/35 V 25133 NY Waltz down the Aisle C.Porter DR
94187 9/5/35 V 25133 NY Begin the beguine / r C.Porter DR HQ CD-55
98420 12/13/35 V 25237 NY A street in old Seville / tg R. Arden, etc. JR
98421 12/13/35 V 25207 NY Little rose of the rancho / v L. Robin, etc. JR
98422 12/13/35 V 25213 NY Cigarette / tg R. Henderson JR HQCD179
98423 12/13/35 V 25213 NY Just one around the clock / r S. Romberg JR
98424 12/13/35 V 25237 NY Para Vigo me voy / cg EL PB V 25407 V 27480
LP CAL-323 HQ CD-55
V-25407 NY Love, what are you doing EL to my heart?
97670 8/7/36 V 25597 NY Como arrullo de palmas / r EL LP CAM-323 HQ CD-55 1936 V 25547 Night at the Waldorf
07715 4/5/37 V 25561 NY A love song of long ago / v S. Romberg BCl 07716 4/5/37 V 25567 NY Hold me tight / v BCl 07717 4/5/37 V 25567 NY I hum a waltz BCl
07718 4/5/37 V 25561 NY Damisela encantadora EL V 82024 NY It’s no secret I love you EL 07719 4/5/37 V 25619 NY Azuquita / r R.Valdespí CC 07720 4/5/37 V 25619 NY Havana’s calling me / r EG V 27444 (La conga) VLPT-8-10” HQ CD-55
17382 12/9/37 V 25770 NY Habanera / cg EG J.Negrete V 27479 HMV GV79 HQ CD-14 TCD-23 17383 12/9/37 V25770 NY Bruca maniguá / r AR A.Valdez HQ CD-14 TCD-23 17385 12/9/37 V 25747 NY Ahí viene la conga / cg R.Valdespí A.Valdez V 82357
P A 17386 12/9/37 V 26008 NY Margarita / b EA G 17387 12/9/37 V 26008 NY Flame / tg CB E 24/8/38 V 26025 NY Eso no es ná / r IP 5 1 HMV GV96 7 LP CAM-323 6 HQ CD-55 4 24/8/38 V 25831 NY V Sirena / Ay que me vengo TR coro 1 82359 cayendo / cg 7 HMV GV80 6 HQ CD-55 5 24/8/38 V 26025 NY V Perdón / r Curbelo ChA, CC 1 27443 7 HMV GV76
6 VLPT-8-10” 6 HQ CD-55
Entra Fausto Curbelo por Nilo en el piano.
27265 10/7/38 V 26074 NY Night must fall / b XC HMV GV88 HQ CD-55
27266 10/7/38 V 26098 NY V Conga de noche / cg ÑL CR 27481 HMV GV87 HQ CD-55
27267 10/7/38 V 26074 NY V Cui, cui / cg F. Curbelo CR 27482 HMV GV89 HQ CD-55
27268 10/7/38 V 26098 NY Nora / pgj NM HMV GV87 HQ CD-55
Ismael (Easy) Morales is added as fl. And Ray González, marimba.
31481 1/16/39 V 26167 NY Batamú MG CR
31482 1/16/39 V 26167 NY Nocturnal / b JSM
31483 1/16/39 V 26248 NY Belén / cg J. Curbelo ÑL HMV GV95 HQ CD-14
31484 1/16/39 V 26153 NY V Society conga ÑLópez ÑL 27480 HMV GV91 HQCD-103
31485 1/16/39 V 26262 NY The applause Waltz R.Leveen
31486 1/16/39 V 26153 NY Mi España / gj XC CR HMV GV91 HQCD-103
31488 1/16/39 V 26262 NY Cuban love song / r McHugh HQCD-103
P A G 37624 6/12/39 Vi 26299 NY Havana for a night GCu E HQCD-103 (Vereda Tropical) / b 5 37625 6/12/39 V 26299 NY HQ The thrill of a new romance / beg J.Curbelo DS CD-29
37627 6/12/39 V 26384 NY Quiéreme mucho (Yours) GR DS HMV GV104 HQ CD-29
7628 6/12/39 V 26384 NY One-two-three kick XC CR V 27479 HMV GV97 HMV GV142 HQ CD-14
37629 6/12/39 V 26334 NY Nana J.Curbelo ÑL HMVGV93 HQ CD-14
Raúl Soler enters for Curbelo, piano; Ramón Lite enters, accordion
1930 V-26407 NY Let me call you sweetheart
1930 V-26407 NY Missouri walltz .
42741 9/7/39 V 26427 NY Negro a reza’ F. M HMV GV153 Bau TCD-02 zá
42743 9/7/39 V 26427 NY HQ Auto-conga / cg XC M CD-14 TCD-02
42789 10/5/39 V 26501 NY In Sonny San Domingo Mer DS li 42790 10/5/39 V 26426 NY Jungle drums / b EL DS HMV GV104 HQ CD-29
42791 10/5/39 V 26428 NY Cuban episode / r F.An HMV GV 105 dre HMV GV139 HQCD-14
V 26565 Chg HQCD-103
V 26522 Chg V 27444 HMV GV 101
HMV GV139 VLPT-8-10” LP CAM-516 HQCD-103 2/19/40 V 26544 Chg HQCD-103
P
44839 2/19/40 Pa-ran-pan-pán/r SK CC,ÑL A G
44840 2/19/40 Siboney / r EL E
44842 Long live love (Si te vas)ft AC 5
50877 5/27/40 V 26625 NY Blen blen blen / r ChP MV HMV GV107 LP CAM-323 TCD-23 HQCD-103
50878 5/27/40 V 26661 NY Rumba rumbero / r MV MV
TCD-23 50879 5/27/40 V 26625 NY Macurije / cg JG MV HMV GV107 HQ CD-14 TCD-23
50880 5/27/40 V 26661 NY Nueva conga / cg MV MV TCD-23
50882 5/27/40 V 26641 NY HQ The Breeze and I EL DS CD-29
51565 6/26/40 V 26697 NY Tunaré / cg C.Bouza MV HMV GV168 TCD-23
51566 6/26/40 V 26725 NY Guaira / cg AO MV HMV GV156 HQ CD-14 TCD-23
51567 6/26/40 V 26697 NY Mis cinco hijos / cg OF MV HMV GV168 TCD-23
51568 6/26/40 V 26725 NY Mi conga / cg C.Bouza MV HMV GV156 HQ CD-14 TCD-23
51569 6/26/40 V 26665 NY The Rhumba-Cardi / r Exton DS HMV GV126 HQ CD-14
51570 6/26/40 V 26665 NY HQ Whatever happened to you? XC DS CD-14
55545 8/27/40 V 26735 NY Zombie / r XC HMV GV112 HQ CD-14 TCD-23 55546 8/27/40 V 26735 NY Elube Changó / r A.Rivera MV HMV GV113 HQ CD-14 TCD-23
P A 55548 8/27/40 V 26752 NY Cat’s serenade / cg LC G HQCD -103 E
5 55549 8/27/40 V 26752 NY Almendra / dz AV
HQCD-103
55599 9/6/40 V 27973 NY En la Plantación AO MV TCD-23
55954 9/6/40 V 27583 NY Bernabé / r C.Bouza MV HMV GV166 HQ CD-14 TCD-23
55956 9/6/40 V 26794 NY V Green eyes / r NM Coro 27443 VLPT-8-10” LP CAM-516 HQCD-103
55957 9/6/40 V 27329 NY La rosita / tg A. Stuart
55958 9/6/40 V 27329 NY Tiara / tg F.André
56402 9/28/40 V NY Trinidad rejected?
56405 9/28/40 V 27271 NY Los carnavales de Oriente / r RC Coro HQCD-103
V-20-3303 NY A Baracoa me voy
56411 9/28/40 V 27376 NY Bilongo / r GRF BC
56423 10/10/40 V 27259 NY Visit Panama / r C.Porter HMV GV142 HQ CD-83
56424 10/10/40 V NY Sur les quaix du Vieux Paris / v
56428 10/10/40 V NY Baracoa Rejected
56430 10/10/40 V 26791 NY Ni pitos ni flautas / r BJG ÑL HMV GV157 HQ CD-14
C 3427 10/14/40 Co 35821 Ch Kashmiri love song / beg-r Hope
C 3428 10/14/40 Co 35821 Ch In a Persian market / beg-r Ketelbey
C 3429 10/14/40 Co 35789 Ch Make it another Old Fashioned, please / beg
C 3430 10/14/40 Co 35799 Ch The peanut vendor / r MS HQ CD-83
C 3431 10/14/40 Co 35789 Ch Ali baba / r El HQ CD-83
C 3432 10/14/40 Co 35799 Ch Mamá Inéz / r MS HQ CD-83
P A C 3476 11/25/40 Co 35857 Ch Two dreams met H. Warren, & LR C 3477 G 11/25/40 Co 35857 Ch A million dreams ago D. Jurgens, & LR E
CC 3481 11/25/40 Co 36098 Ch La Cumparsa (sic) EL 5 HQCD-83
C 3482 Co 36230 Ch It is Taboo to fall in love with Leslie
C 3490 11/26/40 Co 35902 Ch Cuba libre / cg XC LR HQ CD-83
C 3491 11/26/40 Co 36270 Ch Tumbando caña / cg JBL MV HQ CD-83
C 3492 11/26/40 Co 36388 Ch Gypsy conga Ñ López- ÑL HQ CD-83 XC
C 3493 11/26/40 Co 35902 Ch Swing conga XC Coro
C 3494 11/26/40 Co 35923 Ch Temptation / tg F.Brown
C 3495 11/26/40 Co 35923 Ch Orchids in the moonlight / tg Youmans CLP 10”-6077
29459 1/10/41 Co 35933 NY I hear a Rhapsody / beg Fragos LR
29560 1/24/41 Co 35995 NY I,Yi,Yi,Yi,Yi (I like you very Warren LR much) / s
29561 1/24/41 Co 36013 NY Amapola (Pretty little poppy)/b Lacalle CC
29562 1/24/41 Co 35995 NY Chica-chica-boom-chic / s Warren LR
29563 1/24/41 Co 36013 NY The can-can conga EG M TCD-02 (Rosita la bonita)
29564 1/24/41 Co 35964 NY Let’s steal a tune from Myers LR Offenbach / beg
29944 3/14/41 Co 36041 NY Intermezzo / beg Prevost ins
29946 3/14/41 Co 36048 NY Babalú / afro ML MV TCD-02
29947 3/14/41 Co 36048 NY Bambarito / r ER MV TCD-02 HQCD-125
30078 3/28/41 Co 36097 NY Acércate más / b-r OF CC Co 36392 CLP-718 LP SY-81532
30080 3/28/41 Co 36091 NY Tony’s wife / r Lane LCh HQ CD-83 30081 3/28/41 Co 36091 NY La cucaracha / r TR LCh CLP 10”-6077 HQ CD-83
P 30082 3/28/41 Co 36096 NY Yo ta namorá / afro AR MV A LP SY-81532 G TCD-02 30083 3/28/41 Co 36096 NY Anna Boroco Tinde / afro ChP MV E TCD-02 5 30337 4/29/41 Co 36139 NY Minnie from Trinidad / r Edens M
30338 4/29/41 Co 36139 NY Aurora (marcha) / r Adamson M
30884 7/18/41 Co 36360 NY Misirlou / beg
30885 7/18/41 Co 36387 NY El mondonguero / cg C.Bouza MV TCD-02
30890 7/21/41 Co 36386 NY Kee-kee-ree-kee-kee Ross LR HQ CD-83 (Cock-a-doodle-doo) / cg
30891 7/21/41 Co 36386 NY I love the conga Gilbert DG,MV TCD-02 (Me gusta la rumba) / cg
30892 7/21/41 Co 36360 NY Llora timbero / r AR MV
30893 7/21/41 Co 36387 NY Son los Dandis / cg MV MV TCD-02
31109 8/26/41 Co 36381 NY Moon and sand / b Engrick CC
31110 8/26/41 Co 36808 NY Adiós África / afro AR MV TCD-23
31111 8/26/41 Co 36381 NY Ma-ma-María / r Lewis DG
Co 36388 NY Gypsy conga
Co 36392 NY To your heart contents
31349 9/24/41 Co 36404 NY A week-end in Havana / r Gordon LR
31350 9/24/41 Co 36404 NY Tropical magic / beg Gordon CC
31351 9/24/41 Co 36424 NY Moonlight masquerade / beg Lawrence CC 36488
31549 10/21/41 Co 36538 NY El brujo de Guanabacoa / s-afro HC MV
31550 10/21/41 Co 36538 NY In Africa / afro E.Cosme MV
31990 12/17/41 Co 36488 NY Ev’rything I love / beg Porter CC
31992 12/17/41 Co 36496 NY Marching along together / z Dixon
31993 12/17/41 Co 36818 NY Chupa-chupa / cg MG MV HQCD-125
CCO3491 1941 Co 36388 NY Tumbao XC-Bauzá MV
P A CCO4185 2/4/42 Co 36559 Ch Sleepy lagoon / beg Lawrence BCl G CCO 4214 4/2/42 Co Ch Vuélveme a querer / b MA E CCO 4216 4/2/42 Co 36752 Ch Eco GV MV 5 HQ CD-83
CCO 4217 4/2/42 Co Ch The Charcoal Man (El carbonero) IF HQCD-125
33011 7/20/42 Co 36637 NY I’m old fashioned / beg Mercer LR Co 37525
33012 7/20/42 Co 36637 NY Dearly beloved / beg Mercer EA
33013 7/20/42 Co 36660 NY You were never lovelier / b Kern, & EA
33014 7/20/42 Co NY Wedding in the spring Rejected LR
33016 7/20/42 Co 36718 NY Let me love you tonight RT CC (No te importe saber) / b
30611 ca. 1941 Co 36230 EU It’s taboo / b DeBru ins
30612 6/6/1941 Co 36270 Ch Pa ran pan pin / gu ChP MV HQ CD-83
HCO 1277 2/16/45 Co 36793 EU Good, good, good / s Roberts PC HQCD-125
HCO 1275 2/16/45 Co 36808 EU Enlloro / r OM PC TCD-23
34681 5 /45 Co 36818 EU Say it over again (Para que OF PC sufras) / b
34850 1945 Co 36850 EU Begin the beguine / r C.Porter ins TCD-23
47228 1955 Co 36850 EU Say sí sí (Para Vigo me voy) / cg-r EL LP SY-81532 TCD-23 HQ CD-83
34849 5/29/45 Co 36852 EU Green eyes / b NM ins LP SY-81532 34839 5/28/45 Co 36953 EU Tierra va temblá / afro-cu MMe LdC HQCD-125
34682 5/10/45 Co 36953 EU Rumba rumba / r Valencia PC HQ CD-83 36398 1946 Co 37051 EU Chiquita banana / r Mc Kenzie BCl
HCO 1914 6/1946 Co 37090 EU You, so it’s you / b Brown DS
34759 5/1945 Co 37163 EU Yo te amo mucho and that’s that R.Drake PC
P A 35998 3/18/46 Co 37163 EU La ola marina / gu VG LdC HQCD-125 G E 36000 3/18/46 Co 37239 EU Drume negrita / c EG ins HQCD-125 5 34838 5/24/45 Co 37239 EU El botellero / pr GV PC
HCO 2225 2/1947 Co 37319 EU Ilussions / beg Russell DP
37714 1948 Co 37507 EU The story of Sorrento / beg Russell BCl
37715 1948 Co 37507 EU Huga and Igo / gu Fields BCl
CCO 4785 1948 Co 37541 EU Day dreams come true at night Freed JiC
HCO 2341 5/29/46 Co 37556 EU Miami Beach rumba / r Fields A,BT Co 50040 CLP 10”-6077 HQCD-125 HCO 2340 5/29/46 Co 37829 EU Rhumba at the Waldorf / r XC DP HQCD-125 HCO 2457 7/47 Co 37939 EU Made for each other RT BCl (Tu felicidad) / b
37716 5/47 Co 37939 EU Rhumba fantasy / r R.Korsakov
38307 1948 Co 38046 EU You don’t have to know Burke BCl the language / ft
38309 1948 Co 38046 EU An old sombrero / ft Brown BCl
HCO3002 1948 Co 38095 EU Ok’l baby dok’l / r Miller. A
HCO2988 1948 Co 38095 EU Jungle rhumba / r Beauliew
HCO2995 1948 Co 38135 EU It began in Havana / r Allen BG
HCO 3093 1948 Co 38194 EU Charisse / tg N.Brown
HCO 2991 1948 Co 38327 EU Sunday in old Sta. Fé / beg LiHee BG
HCO 3000 12/47 Co 38368 EU Siesta E.Brent BG
HCO 3094 12/47 Co 38368 EU In Santiago Chile A.Gamse BG
38312 11/47 Co 38389 EU Con maracas / r XC coro
35999 4/46 Co 38477 EU Los timbales JBL ins
HCO 2271 3/47 Co 38516 EU Rumbasia Malanaco
ACO2458 7/17/47 Co38558 EU Thrill me
ACO2496 7/47 Co 38558 EU Nocturnal chaperone
41803 5./45 Co 38642 EU Goombay A.Simms JS
41800 10/49 Co 38642 EU Latin magic G.Moore TA
42806 11/49 Co 38725 EU The wedding samba / s Ellstein AL
P A
41802 10/49 Co EU Morocco / r Fields co G 38798 ro E 43271 5/50 Co EU You never had it so good Di Gale AL 5 38859 43269 5/50 Co EU Strange mood V. Roddy LS 38859 43911 6/50 Co EU Mambo jambo / mb DPP ins 38886 CL- 2506 43909 6/50 Co EU One at a time / mb Raleigh AL 38886 43910 6/50 Co EU All my love M.Parish AL 38913 38313 11/47 Co EU Chon, chon, chon / afro MG JL 38619 M 34952 6/45 Co EU Tira tira / gu P. del P 38619 Campo C HCO 2/47 Co EU El tumbaito / gu-s PD JL 2227 38620 M HCO 2/47 Co EU Dice mi gallo / gu Rodríguez JL 2272 38620 (?) M HCO 2/47 Co EU Hukey Joe / gu Ricardo A- 2226 38621 BT
HCO 3/47 Co EU Adiós Mariquita linda / b Jiménez 2270 38621 CO44 9/50 Co EU Greek bolero (Spartacus) 403 J.Spartacu 39256 s Co444 Al 9/50 Co EU Co-co coconut 04 P.Alencar 39256 44406 9/50 Co EU Francesca Feller 39349 44407 9/50 Co 39349 EU Mambo no. 5 DPP CL-2506
44405 9/50 Co 39059 E Mambo negro Román CL-2506 U
44257 8/50 Co 38976 EU Cuban mambo Angulo
ZSP963 Co 39760 EU Jamay
8611 Co 39760 EU Mambo at the Waldorf
9563 Co 39761 Mambo galingo
9559 Co 39762 Yo quiero mambo
9560 Co 39763 Peanut vendor
9561 Co39763 Mambo ah
33443 Co 40530 That’s not chacha with me Crandall-Blanco
P A Co 31102 LA Cherry pink and apple Lovinguy Co 40472 blossom white. G E Co 40472 LA Chachachá M. Rizo 5 6/51 Co 39579 EU Society mambo / mb B.La Motta 6/51 Co 39579 EU Mambo at the Waldorf R.Angulo CL-2506
5/51 Co 39668 EU The penguin dance ED
45828 5/51 Co 39668 EU Sax cantabile Domínguez ins RH 10903 1954 Co 40265 EU Cha cha chá Rizo JM
RH 10901 1954 Co 40265 EU Mambo no. 8 DPP ins Co 50062
C 36050 to 53 formed the album 78” C 110 - Cugat’s favorite rhumbas (1946). C 36095 to 98 formed the album 78” C 54 - Rhumba with Cugat. C 36385 to 88 formed the album 78” C 74 - Conga with Cugat. C 38618 to 21 formed the album 78” C 194 - Tropical Bouquets V 27441 to 4 formed the album 78” P-67 - Rhumbas played by X. Cugat.
In addition to the previous related issues in Lp’s (some of which were also edited as 78 "or 45") the following numbers apparently did not appear in Lp’s but in 45, 78 and / or EP’s.
OF VICTOR;
8/26/53 V 20-5470 NY Rose of the Rancho Al Silverman, AL,JM etc.
8/26/53 NY Wanted A. Hughes, etc.
10/15/58 V 47-7405 EU Billy’s cha cha / ch E.Davies
10/15/58 EU Twice around the island J. Leahy, etc.
10/16/58 EU Muchacha J.P.Guilbert
10/16/58 V 47-7405 EU Gesoundheit M. Merlo, etc.
6/11/59 EU Cha cha of the hours Ponchieli,XC
6/11/59 NY Clases de cha cha chá / ch Ram.Márquez
E 3VB-0184 1953 V 20-5470 Rose of the rancho Al Silverman AL-JM
118659 2/4/67/ De25716 NY Guantanamera/s JF DeDl(7)4851
The following came out at 45rpm:
ZSP 9631 Co 39760 Namay
8611 Co 39760 Mambo at the Walldorf
9563 Co 39761 Mambo galinfo
P A
9559 Co 39762 Yo quiero marido G
9560 Co 39763 Peanut vendor E
33443 Co 40530 That’s not chacha with me Crandall-Blanco 5
Co 41109 Learnig
Co 411o9 Dengonza
Victor LPT-8 (10”) Rumbas. contains eight (8) related songs on the corresponding 78” discs. It was edited ca. January 1952.
Victor LPM-3170 (10”) Dance time with Cugat. Edited approximately May, 1953.
Madalena / s Macedo AL,JG
Say sí sí (Para Vigo me voy) / r EL AL
Quizás quizás / b OF JG
La última noche / b BC JG
Rocking the mambo / mb E.Marrero
Lp Camden CAL-323 That Latin Beat! Contains twelve (12) songs related to the corresponding 78” Victor discs, ca.1957.
Victor LPM 1882 “The king plays some aces”, ca.1959.
6/27/58 NY Mambo No. 5 / mb DPP
6/27/58 NY Adiós / c E. Madriguera
6/27/58 NY Green eyes / b NM
6/28/58 NY Cuban mambo / mb XC
Victor LPM 1894 “Cugat in Spain” Edited in 1959.
10/15/58 NY Malagueña / dza EL
Lp Camden CAL 516 “Latin for lovers” Edited in 1959. It contains ten (10) songs related to the corresponding 78” Victor and two (2) songs in 1953: Madalena de A. Macedo y La última noche de Bobby Collazo.
Victor LPM 2173 “Cugat in France, Spain and Italy” Editado en 1960. 10/20/59 NY Andalucía / dza EL
Lp Columbia CL-2506 Mambo! (10”) Edited in 1955. It contains several 78” related above, and the following:
Mambo ok
Peanut vendor MS
P A Lp Columbia CL 6077 (10”) “Xavier Cugat Dance Parade” Edited in 1949. Contains eight (8) songs related to the corresponding 78”. G
Lp’s Columbia CL 6005 y 6021 Rhumba with Cugat (10”) Edit. 1948. They apparently contained Cugat numbers mixedE with another orchestra, and were recast in CL 579, “Cugat’s favorite rhumbas”. Cugat made for Columbia new versions5 of many numbers that he had recorded for Victor in '78. Ed. 1954.
NY Begin the beguine C. Porter
NY Green eyes / b NM
NY Yo tá namorá / r AR
NY Say sí sí / cg EL
NY Acércate más / b OF
NY Negra Leonó / r ÑS
Some songs may be original 78 ”recordings in Columbia, such as Yo tá enamorá and Negra Leonó, but sometimes Cugat made new versions for the Lp.
Lp Columbia CL 6121 (10”) “Dance date with Xavier Cugat”. Nueva York, 1950.
NY Night must fall XC, & NY Un poquito de tu amor JGu NY Río La Yagua
Lp Columbia CL 6213 (10”) “Mambo at the Waldorf”. Nueva York, 1952.
Mambo at the Waldorf / mb Ñ.López,XC
Yo quiero un mambo / mb R.Román
The peanut vendor / pr MS
Mambo Ok L.Márquez
Mondongo Valdés
Mambo gallego G.López
Lp Columbia CL 515 “Relaxing with Cugat”, 1953
NY Play, fiddle, play A. Altman, &
NY Tell me why M.Hartmann, &
NY Francesca
NY Temptation N.H.Brown
NY Greek bolero
P A Lp Columbia CL 537 “Dance with Cugat”, 1953. G NY Cuba libre XC E
NY Begin the beguine / beg C. Porter 5
Co 36048 NY Babalú / afro ML
NY Good, good, good / s Roberts
Lp Columbia CL 579 “Cugat’s favorites rumbas”, 8/9/54.
Begin the beguine C. Porter
Green eyes NM
Yo tá namorá
Say si si EL
Negra Leonó
La Paloma SY
Lp Columbia CL 605 “Let’s dance”, 1955.
NY Mambo at the Waldorf Angulo
NY Mambo no.5 DPP
Lp Columbia CL 6213 (10”) Edit. 1952 “Mambo at the Waldorf” ”It was incorporated and expanded with other songs in the CL 732, Ed. 1955 of the same name.
NY Mambo at the Waldorf / mb R. Angulo
NY Yo quiero un mambo / mb
NY Mambo gallego / mb
NY Mambo gordo / mb
NY Mambo en España / mb
NY Mambo No. 8 / mb DPP
NY Mambo retozón / mb
Lp Columbia CL 618 “Olé! Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra”, 1955.
NY The americano MB
NY Anything can happen
NY Mambo cerezo rosa y Lovigny manzano blanco
NY Los timbales
NY Africano soy
NY Strangers in the dark
P A Kaemfert G NY Humpty dumpty E NY Night must fall 5
NY Carnival in Uruguay AO
Lp Columbia CL 626 “Mucho, mucho mambo”, 1955. En Exteded playing 1981 y 1982.
NY Negro ñanboró
NY Anything can happen mambo
NY Arthur’s mambo
The other numbers are by the Machito and Belmonte orchestras.
Lp Columbia CL 718 “Cha cha chá”, 1955.
NY The brand new cha cha chá / ch XC AL
NY Cha cha chá No. 5 / ch Lico
NY Señor Juan cha chá / ch XC
NY Cha cha chá bar / ch JG,BC,OE
NY Tremendo cha chá / ch Blanco
NY Oyeme mamá / ch FR
NY The chi chi cha cha chá / ch M.Rizo JG
NY Cerezo rosa y manzano blanco / ch Loviguy
NY Rico vacilón / ch RRh
NY Chatter cha cha chá / ch JG,XC
NY Que gusto me da / ch Marrero, XC
NY Take it easy / ch De Bru, etc.
Lp Columbia CL-732 “Mambo at the Waldorf”, 1955
NY Mambo at the Waldorf
NY Yo quiero un mambo
NY Mambo gallego
NY Mambo en España
NY Mambo no. 8
NY Mambo retozón
P A Lp Columbia CL 967 “Dance, be happy!”, 1957 G Mambo no.5 DPP E 5 Lp Columbia CL 1016“ Bread, love and cha cha chá”, 1957
Bread, love and cha cha chá / ch RT,XC PA
Suavecito / ch IP PA
Very, very satisfied / ch XC, etc. PA
Whatever Lola wants / ch Adler, etc.
Penhouse mambo / ch BV
La Paloma SY
María La O / ch EL
Coco seco / ch Reyes PA
The banana boat song / ch E. Darlingetc PA
Mi música es para ti / ch RT
Lp Columbia CL 1094 “Cugat cavalcade”, 1957. Reissued in LP CS-8055
NY Orchids in the moonlight / tg V Youmans
NY Yours / b GR
NY Miami Beach rhumba Camacho, etc.
Lp Harmony HL-7242 “Dance beat of Xavier Cugat”, 1960.
NY Mambo jambo DPP
NY Peanut vendor MS
NY Mambo negro Roman
NY La ola marina V. Glez.
Lp Harmony HL-7271 “The latin rhythms of Xavier Cugat”, 1959.
NY Cuban mambo / mb R. Angulo, XC
NY Rumba rhapsody / r R. Audinot
NY Mamá Ines / r EG
NY Mambo ay ay ay XC, etc. NY
Kashmir love song Hope, et
P A G Lp Harmony KH-32264 “The Beat Of The Big Bands”, 1973 E
Miami Beach Rumba 5
Bolero: Nightingale
Yours GR
The Peanut Vendor MS
María La O EL
La cumparsa (sic) EL
Say sí sí EL
My Shawl XC
After Columbia, Cugat recorded with MG, Mercury, Decca and other labels but this corresponds to after 1960 and we have not included it. The orchestra had already lost a lot of its tropical flavor and did not generally use singers, but let's list some of those Lp’s:
Lp Decca 4672 “Feeling good!”,1965
Downtown
Hello Dolly
Fiddler on the roof
And I love her
Cast your fate to the wind
Not unusual
Goldfinger
Came of lake
Chim, chim cheree
Lp Decca 4740 “Dance party”, 196_
Love me with all your heart
Thunderball
Lover’s concerto
Yenka
Hang on Snoopy
Judith
P A
G Yesterday E Soul sauce 5 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Lp Decca 4799 “Bang bang”, 1966
Bang bang
Zorba the greek theme
Spanish eyes
Playa
Concrete and clay
These boots are made for walkin’
Joker
Call me
Phoenix love theme
Almost there
Charade
Lp Decca 4851 “Xavier Cugat today! “, 1967
Mellow yellow
Born free
The Jewish wedding song
Guantanamera
Winchester cathedral
The shadow of your smile
Now I know the feeling
Jungle rhumba
Lp Decca DL-5046 (S) “Midnight roses”, 1956
Midnight roses
I have dreamed
Do you know the way to San José
Young and wild
Watch what happen
Trieste
P A
All at once G E Misty roses 5 On a clear day
This guy is in love with you
Wave
Lp 10” MG 25120 “Here’s Cugat”, 1952.
Green eyes NM
Linda mujer
Walter Winchell rhumba
Yours GR
Jungle flute
LP 10”MG 25149 “Dance with Cugat”, 1952.
Siboney EL
Babalu ML
Miami Beach Rumba
Donde estabas tú
Festival
LP 10” MG 25168 “Mambo”, 1953 - Oooh Listen Baby!!
Sun! Sun!
Park Avenue mambo
Mambolette
China boy mambo
Mambo Manía
Mi prieta
Riviera Mambo
Lp Mercury 20065 “Cugat’s favorites”, 1955.
Green Eyes NM
Walter Winchell Rhumba
P A
G Cucaracha Mambo E Yours GR 5 Siboney EL
Miami Beach Rhumba
Donde Estabas Tu EDuarte
Lp Mercury 20108 “Mambo!”, 1956. Oooh Listen Baby!!
Sun! Sun!
Park Avenue mambo
Mambolette
China boy mambo
Mambo Manía
Mi prieta
Riviera Mambo
Babalu
Gypsy Mambo
Lp Mercury MG 20745 and SR60745 “The most popular movie hits as styled by Cugat”, 1962
Zip a dee po dah Love is a many splendored thing The guns of Novarone
The green leaves of summer It might as well be spring La Atlanta Flying to Rio
High noon Al di la Moon River Over the rainbow Around the world in eighty days
Lp Mercury MG 20798- SR 60798 “Cugat’s golden goodies. Newly recorded in the rhythm of the 60’s”, 1963
Watermelon man
Miami Beach rhumba
Yours
P A
Sweet and gentle G E Lp Mercury MG 20832/SR60832 “Cugi’s cocktail”, 1963 5 Cuba libre
One Mint Julep
Old-Fashioned
Daiquiri
Rum and coca cola
Cugi's Cocktail
LP Mercury MG 20968/SR 60868 “Viva Cugat”. Transferred to Mercury PPS-2003
The Peanut Vendor MS
Siboney EL
Jungle drums EL
Say si si EL
Lp Mercury MG 20870/ 60870 “Best of Cugat.” Trasnferred to Mercury PPS-M 62015
Mama Inez MS
Taboo ML
Always in my heart EL
Lp Mercury MG 20888/SR 60888 “Cugat caricatures”, 1964
Green eyes NM
Papa loves mambo
Lp Mercury MG 20936/60936 “X.C.plays the music of Ernesto Lecuona”, 1964
La comparsa EL
The breeze and I EL
Two hearts that pass in the night EL
Jungle drums EL
Siboney EL
Malagueña EL
Maria la O EL
P A Dust on the moon EL G Say si si EL E
Always in my heart EL 5
Lp Musicor M25-3179 “The beautiful new sounds of strings with Cugat”
By the time I get to Phoenix
Don’t’ go breaking my heart
Can’t take my eyes from you
The fool of the hill
The more I see you
You must be him
I’ll get by
Unforgettable
Alfie, lonely is the name
Never my love
Spanish flea
Melody of love
My reverie
Estrellita
The world we knew
Up up and away
Love after midnight
Lp Mercury 20870 “The besto of Cugat”, 1963.
Lp Mercury 20888 “Cugat Caricatures” New York, 1963.
Lp Pickwick 3095 “The latin soul of Xavier Cugat“ 196_.
Lp Mercury 125205 “Famosos temas de cine con Cugat”, 196_.
Lp Mercury 135352 “Lo mejor de Cugat”, 196_.
Lp Mercury 135357 “¡Viva Cugat” 196_.
Lp Mercury 135997 “Xavier Cugat interpreta música de Lecuona”, 1965.
Lp Mercury 25120 “Here's Cugat”, 1952
Lp Mercury 25149 “Dance With Cugat”, 1952
P A Lp Mercury 25168 “Mambo!”, 1957 G Lp Mercury PPS6015 “The best of Cugat”, 1961 E 5 Musicologist Ted Bearsdley has supplied us with extensive lists of Radio Transcriptions, World Transcriptions and other similar brands that were sold to radio stations and establishments to provide music to their clients, both from Cugat and from other orchestras such as Madriguera, which we are not including due to the limited sale condition, they are `not open to the general public, that these products had. Professor Bearsdley also gives us lists of reissues of Cugat recordings of the Victor and Columbia labels, both in 78” and Lp’s format, made in England, France, Holland, Japan, Argentina. There is hardly a popular orchestra that had universal diffusion like that enjoyed by Cugat.
Orquesta Cugat en Compactos:
HQ-CD 14 “Bim bam bum - 1935- 1940 - Xavier Cugat” Edited in 1992. Contains 24 songs related to the corresponding 78 ”. The one titled Calientito is actually Cuban Episode. . HQ-CD 29 “Xavier Cugat with Dinah Shore” ” Edited in 1993. It contains 8 numbers (from 13 to 20) of recordings of 78 ”Victor related on the corresponding discs; From 1 to 12, / are transcripts of recordings made by the Cugat Orchestra with World Records between 1942 and 1946 with other singers or instrumentals. No. 21 Chui chui is sung by Lina Romay and recorded on the corresponding 78 ”album”.
HQ-CD 38 “Xavier Cugat – Unheard transcriptions and air shots” Edited in 1994. It contains 26 numbers taken from recordings World Transcriptions (1942 to 1944) and the last two, taken live from the radio (1945).
NY El lobo
NY Mis cinco hijos / b OF PC
NY La comparsa / dza EL
NY El manisero / r MS
NY Babalú / r ML PC
NY Alí babá / r EL
NY Oye negra / r N.M
NY Siboney EL
NY Take it easy NR,Dro
NY Para Vigo me voy / cg EL PC
NY Almendra / dz AV
NY Ni pitos ni flautas BJG
NY El comprador de botellas AVal PC
NY Fué en el Africa / r E. Cosme PC
NY I’m old fashioned Mercer LR
NY La mulata rumbera Alej. Rod.
HQ-CD 55 “Xavier Cugat - The early years 1933-1938” ” Edited in 1995. Contains 24 annotated songs on the corresponding 78 "Victor.
TCD 002 “Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra 1940-1942” Edited in 1991. Contains 15 annotated songs on the corresponding 78 "Victor.
P A G TCD 23 “Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra-Rumba rumbero” Edited in 1992. Contains 13 songs sung by M.Valdés (1 to 13), (14 and 15) by A.Valdés and two (19 and 21) sung by Del Campo recorded on the corresponding 78 ”records; 16, 17,E 18 and 20 are credited to Del Campo, but we were unable to locate the recordings. The no. 17 is called Changó ta bení, but in reality it is the Elube Changó songs. 5
CD Sony CDL 81532/2-469745 “Leyendas - Cugat’s favorite rhumbas” Edited in 1996. Contains 12 annotated songs on the corresponding 78 "Victor.
CD Harlequin HQ-CD 83 “Xavier Cugat 1940-1945 - Congas, chihuahuas & rhumbas” Edited in 1996. It contains 21 related songs all on the corresponding 78” discs, except La Comparsa, which we have been unable to locate.
HQCD 95 “Xavier Cugat in the radio 1935-1942” Edited in 1997. Contains transcripts of Thesaurus discs recorded on the dates indicated:
1936 NY Cubanacán / b AO PB
1937 NY Azuquita PB-ÑL
1937 NY María La O / c EL PB
10/37 NY Tabú / afro ML DA
10-37 NY Tropical moods
1/1939 NY A gozar! / r MS
4/1939 NY Los carnavales de Oriente / cg MM
1941 NY Ali ba ba / r EL
1941 NY Vuélveme a querer / b MA
1941 NY Chopsticks
1941 NY Ni pitos ni flautas
7/1942 NY La mulata rumbera / s Alej. Rod.
7/1942 NY El cuatro de Julio
HQ-CD 103 “Xavier Cugat – Cuban love songs 1939-1940” Edited 1997. Contains 24 songs properly related in the corresponding 78”.
HQ-CD 125 “Cugat’s nugats 1940-1947” Idem, 24 numbers. Edited in 1998.
HQ-CD 132 “Cugat on film” Edited in 1999. It contains 27 numbers interpreted in films, which we will be mentioning instead of the composers:
O Tabú (Let’s go latin – 1937) ML CC
Rumba rumba (Two girls and a sailor – 1944) LR
Con maracas (Luxury liner – 1948) JLM
Peanut vendor (Luxury liner – 1948) MS JP
A Changó (Neptune’s daughter – 1948) TG
P A G HQCD 137 “Xavier Cugat – Weekend in Havana – 1940-1947” Edited in 1999. Contains numbers not commercially recorded from Cugat, or taken from the radio, etc. E 5 1941 Fufuñando R MV
9/24/41 A week-end in Havana Gordon, & LR
3/18/46 Los timbales JBS LdC
10/21/41 Fué en el Africa E. Cosme MV
10/21/41 El brujo en Guanabacoa HC MV
11/4/47 Con maracas XC, &
10/14/40 Alí Babá EL
7/21/41 Llora timbero AR MV
HQCD-150 “The unheard Xavier Cugar 1934-1937” Taken from transcripts and radio shows.
HQCD-154 “Xavier Cugat - Live from the Statler - Hilton & Roseland Hotels 1950’s” Transmissions taken by radio. Edited in 2000. The first six recordings are from Roseland, the rest from the other hotel.
Hasta cuándo L. Segura OB
El manisero MS
Guararé R. Fábregas
Caribeira R. Usera OB
South America, take it away H. Rome AL
Cachita (RH) – Carnival oriente R. Cueto
Cuban mambo Angulo, & RH Campanitas de cristal PA AO Perfidia Coco seco L. Reyes PA
Mambo no.5 DPP
FAUSTO CURBELO Y SU ORQUESTA (Fausto Curbelo y su Conjunto)
He was José Curbelo's uncle.
Mx26966 6/23/40 Okeh 6014 Bacosó T
Mx26964 6/23/40 Okeh 6014 Quinto mayor
P A 1948 VRV 0467 NY Ojos verdes / b NM G 1948 VRV 0467 NY Menéalo / gu-mb E 5 1948 VRV 0468 NY Enamorado de ti / b RH
1948 VRV 0468 NY Casco de mulo / gu-mb
* * The four are in Lp Verne-114
E1FB2955 8/7/51 V 23-5525 NY Mamerta / gu Magda Bet. WC
E1FB2956 8/7/51 V 23-5525 NY Oye, amarra la chiva / mb LG WC
E1FB2957 8/7/51 V 23-5572 NY Tu machete / mb G.Porres WC
E1FB2958 8/7/51 V 23-5572 NY Como está la cosa / gu G.Porres WC
WCO26963 6/27/40 Co 35631 NY Sueño dorado / b-c J. Negrete, etc. PL
WCO26965 6/27/40 Co 35631 NY Americonga / cg J. Negrete, etc. PL
At the piano, with rhythmic accompaniment.
ERSI 171 GTH 130 La cumparsa (sic) / r EL ins
ERSI 172 GTH 130 Two hearts that pass in the night. EL Iins
WCO26966 1941 Okeh 6014 NY Bacoso / r JG PL
WCO26964 1941 Okeh 6014 NY Quinto mayor / r RO PL
194_ GTH 127 NY Malagueña/ dza EL
194_ GTH 127 NY SDanza lucumí/dza EL
194_ GTH 128 NY Andalucía / dza EL
194_ GTH 128 NY María La O / c EL
194_ GTH 129 NY Para Vigo me voy / gu-r EL
194_ GTH 129 NY Karabalí / b-s EL
194_ GTH 146 NY Scheherezade R.Korsakov
194_ GTH 147 NY Manhela
194_ GTH 147 NY Tump tee tee tump tumo
194_ GTH 156 NY Andalucia EL
194_ GTH 156 NY Scheherezade R.Korsakov
P A Lp Verne 114 “Dancing and dreaming 1948-9. Fausto Curbelo, José Melis and Luisito Benjamín. Those of the pianist G Curbelo are: E Aquellos ojos verdes / b 5 NM Menealo / gu-mb RH
Enamorado de ti / b RH
Casco de mulo / gu-mb RO
Lp RCA-PRL-1003 “Janna” With orchestra conducted by Fausto Curbelo. Recorded in Puerto Rico, ca.197_.
Una chica modelo T.C.A.
Italianito J.R. Marrero
Mi canción de hoy T.C.A.
Cinco minutos F. Curbelo
Vive como yo T. C. A.
Yo no sé qué fue A. Mz., &
Trenes, barcos y aviones Bacharach, &
Sueña C. Canelhas, &
Ven esta noche Mancini, &
Parto verde Greenway, &
Pequeña F.A. Rivera
JOSÉ CURBELO Y SU ORQUESTA
Havana, Cuba, 2/18/1917 - Miami, Florida, 9/21/2012. His father was a violinist and consequently started early in music studying piano. In 1934, he started with various orchestras including the Riverside with which he toured South America. On his return, he decided to go to New York in 1939, until he established his orchestra in 1942, which was very successful. Their recordings started. By 1946, his orchestra had Tito Puente as timpani player and Tito Rodríguez as singer. He later recorded for the Fiesta label in the mid-1950s. In 1959, he decided to dissolve the orchestra, founding the Alpha artist recruitment agency, with which he was very successful. In 1971, he retired from business, but returned in 1976 settling in Miami.Max Salazar: Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music in New York. Schirmer Trade Books, New York, 2002. Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. SGAE, 1998.T-4, p.327.
JD - José Duval SC - Santos Colón ChI - Chito Izar BS - Betty Sheppardtno ML - Maño López MR - Mon Rivera BR - Bobby Ramos VA - Vitín Avilés TR - Tito Rodríguez AA - Alberto Armenteros, tr Q - Su quinteto RB - Ray Barreto, tumb. TM - Tony Molina BE – Bobby Escoto
D6XB3365 11/29/46 V 23-0571 NY Que no, que no / gu J. Curbelo TR LP DBMI 5809 TCD 42
D6XB3366 11/29/46 V 23-0594 NY El rey del mambo / gu FC TR LP DBMI 5809 TCD 42
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D6XB3367 11/29/46 V 230571 NY Rumba gallega / r J. Curbelo A LP DBMI 5809 TCD 42 G E
D6XB3368 11/29/46 V 23-0594 NY Reina negra / b MG,JBL TR 5 LP DBMI 5809 TCD 42
D7XB282 4/23/47 V 230659 NY Mary Ann / clp-r J.Davis, etc. TR HMV GV164 LP DBMI 5809 LPM 1069 TCD 42
D7XB283 4/23/47 V 23-0665 NY Boogie-Woogie na favela / s Denis Brean ins LP DBMI 5809 LPM 1073 TCD 42
D7XB284 4/23/47 V 23-0659 Ny Ed Sullivan samba / s I.Fields ins HMV GV164 LP DBMI 5809 TCD 42
D7XB285 4/23/47 V 23-0665 NY ¿Cuándo aprenderás? / beg J.Curbelo ins
D7FB948 6/10/47 V 23-0691 NY Clarinet samba / s J.Carroll ins LPM 1073 TCD-86
D7FB949 6/10/47 V 23-0675 NY Te amo / b F.Curbelo, etc. ChI TCD 42
D7FB950 6/10/47 V 23-0691 NY Rumba mejoral / r EL TR LP DBMI 5809 TCD 42
D7FB951 6/10/47 V 23-0675 NY Take me, take me! / clp-r Arm.Castro, etc. ChI TCD 42
D7FB116 1/29/47 V 26-9015 NY Managua Nicaragua I.Fields BR TCD-86
D7FB117 1/29/47 V 26-9016 NY Rumba bomba EL BR TCD 42
D7FB118 1/29/47 V 26-9015 NY Andalucía / r EL ins TCD-86
D7FB119 1/29/47 V 26-9016 NY Maracas EL BR TCD 42
D7XB1775 10/21/47 V 26-9028 NY La comparsa / s EL
D7XB1776 10/21/47 V 26-9028 NY Baby shoot me a kiss / gu Maño López ML
D7XB1777 10/21/47 V 26-9023 NY Peanut vendor / gu MS ML
D7XB1778 10/21/47 V 26-9023 NY Jinguili Jongolo / clp-r Arm.Castro ML
D7XB2521 11/26/47 V 26-9032 NY Rumba rumbero / r MiV TR LPM 1069 TCD 42 LP DBMI 5809
D7XB2522 11/26/47 V 26-9032 NY Poinciana / b-beg Nat Simon JD TCD-86
P D7XB2523 11/26/47 V 26-9036 NY La ruñidera / s Alej. Rod. TR A LP DBMI 5809 TCD 42 G
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5 D7XB2524 11/26/47 V 26-9036 NY Tu sonrisa / b-beg J. Curbelo, et c. JD F-171 Fiesta 45-094 J.Morand NY Zoita/ch F-170 Fiesta 45-094 J.Morand NY Morand Que es guarach a/ch
4/1957 Co 3884 NY Atiéndeme JBa
4/1957 Co 3883 NY Dice mi chachacha
4/1957 Co3020 NY El pescador LB
4/1957 Co3020 NY Guayaba
4/1957 Co3884 NY La luna Raul Aguilar
4/1957 Co 3883 NY Poco pelo
Lp Cariño DBMI-5809 “Los reyes del mambo - José Curbelo y su Orquesta” Edited in 1974. It contains 12 related songs on the corresponding 78”.
F-62 195_. Fi 20-035 NY Carioca / mb Youmans, etc. Q
F-63 195_. Fi 20-035 NY Flamingo / mb Anderson Q
F-93 195_. Fi 20-054 NY Mambo sensation / mb-ch Blanco Q
F-114 52-53. Fi 20-065 NY La luna / ch R. Aguilar Q coro
F-82 52-53 Fi 20-047 NY Cha cha cha in blue / ch P. Lara BS FMR
F-83 52-53 Fi 20-047 Ardent night / b-ch G. López
Tico 10024 Muchos besos / b-mb Vanuci BE TCD-86
Tico 10024 Sacando polvo / gu-mb B. Escoto BE TCD-86
F-88 52-53 Fi 20-051 La familia / mb J.Cu. MR-Q
F-89 52-53 Fi 20-051 Hechizo / b-ch S. Guerrero Q
Lp Fiesta 1207 “José Curbelo and his orchestra”
Fi 20-062 Poco Pelo / ch AS
Fi 20-062 La la la J. Curb.
Do re mi J. Curb.
P A Guillermina Cla. Benítez G
Mambo y chachacha JBa E
Atiéndeme JBa 5
La luna Raúl Ag.
Guaguancó en Nueva York JBa
Los fantasmas / ch RRh
Bandolera V. Cavalli
Rendezvous Saton C.
Mimi JBa
Lp Fiesta 1204 “Chachacha in blue – José Curbelo and his quintet”
Lp Fiesta 1219 “Wine, women and chachacha” New York, 1954.
CD Tumbao TCD-42 “José Curbelo and his orchestra – Rumba gallega” Edited in 1994. It contains 14 related songs on the corresponding 78”, and the following:
TCD 42 1947 Tico 10023 NY El Jibarito / mb RH BE
1947 Tico 10023 NY Paula / mb B. Escoto BE
1946 CODA NY Tu come pellejo MiV TR 5039
1946 CODA NY Llora / s-mt ChP TR 5039
1025 1946 CODA NY Canelina / s-mt MiV TR 5040
1024 1946 CODA NY Que no, que no / gu J. Curbelo TR 5040
TCD 14 “José Curbelo and his orchestra - Live at The China Doll” New York 1946. The first nine songs were recorded live with Tito Puente on the timpani at the China Doll cabaret in New York; the following nine by the Curbelo orchestra between the years 1952-53; and the last three, for their quintet, recorded in 1954, all according to the notes on the CD.
Rumba Gallega / r Curbelo, etc. ins
Botamos la pelota / gu SC TR
Bruca manigua / afro AR TR
Esto es lo último / gu-s JBS TR
Summertime / afro G.Gershwin ins
Repica el timbal / r R. Puente TR
Deuda / b LM TR
Babalú / afro ML TR
P A Rumba Gallega / r Curbelo ins G E La la la / mb Curbelo Rog.Mtnez Poco pelo / ch TM 5
Guaguancó en New York / gg JBa
Rendezvous / b SC
Telaraña / s-mt RR Jr. SC-AA
Sun sun babae / mb
Guayaba / cha E. Ortiz TM Que se fuñan / s-mt LMG SC-AA Eque tumbao / gg José Morán SC-TM Cha cha cha in blue / cha F.P. Lara BS-MR-RB La familia / gu J.Curbelo Sr. MR-RB Rico y sabroso / ch FRe VA-RB
TCD-086 “José Curbelo - Live at the China Doll - Vol.2” Edited in 1997. In the notes comes the staff of the recordings where Tito Puente stands on the timpani, Chino Pozo, bg. and Carlos Vidal, tumb. The first 14 songs were taken from China Doll in 1946; there are four that correspond to Victor records from 1947 and two of Tico from 1951 that we have identified in the corresponding 78”.
Rumba gallega (tema)
Banbanquere / r J. Curbelo TR
Machuquillo / s-mt J. Curbelo ins
El rey del mambo / mb FC TR
Laura / b D. Raksin ins
Koki koka / r GV TR
La ola marina / gu VG TR
Elegy / b J. Massenet ins
Tierra vá temblá / afro MMe TR
Tú come pellejo / s-mt MVa TR
Flamingo / b Groulla ins
Montuno in F Curbelo ins
Que siga la rumba DR TR
Ven ven & Theme / gu TR
P A CREW CUTS G Canadian vocal quartet E
5 LP Mercury MG-20067 “The Crew Cuts Go Longhair”, 1955
Mambo and you